Interval Ear Training Help
Every musician, from beginner to advanced, needs a big of interval ear training help occasionally. Here’s some advice to help you succeed with intervals.
Christopher Sutton
Founder and Director of Musical U, Christopher Sutton is a lifelong passionate musician, dedicated to the mission of helping people to achieve their true, full musical potential.
Educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA) and Queen Mary, University of London (MSc) Christopher founded Musical U (then, Easy Ear Training) in 2009 to pioneer new ways to make musicality training easy, fun and effective.
He is the creator of best-selling iOS apps Relative Pitch and SingTrue and the viral sensation ToneDeafTest.com. He has authored hundreds of articles and tutorials on Musical-U.com as well as countless other websites and publications, including Making Music Magazine and Total Guitar Magazine.
He is the host of Musicality Now the popular audio/video podcast focusing exclusively on musicality, where he's had the chance to interview over 100 world-leading experts, as well as sharing his own insights and guidance based on the methodology and frameworks created inside Musical U membership.
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Posts by Christopher Sutton
What’s the point of Interval Ear Training?
As a musician doing ear training you can’t avoid intervals. But why are they so important and why do interval ear training? Here are four great reasons.
The Top 10 Reasons to do Ear Training
Great musicians have great ears, and you can have them too. Ear training is the key! Discover the top 10 reasons to start training your ear for music.
You can learn to play by ear! "Start Playing By Ear" will show you how.
Playing by ear is a divisive topic in music. In one camp you have the “serious” musicians. These are the ones who take instrument lessons, study their theory, and play from sheet music. They perform carefully, practise their scales and get their exam...
Learn Music Like You Learn A Language: Naturally! (Victor Wooten)
In this fantastic short video, Victor Wooten explains his philosophy on music as a language, and how organic learning music can be. Doing ear training passively through exposure to music can develop aural skills in the same natural way as language.Just as children...
Find your perfect interval training approach with "Learning Intervals"
Intervals…A contentious subject among musicians! Some musicians love them. Others hate them with a furious passion! How do you feel about intervals? Most musicians have struggled with interval recognition at some point… Sadly most give up, and relegate it...
Learn music theory the fun way with Hooktheory
Hooktheory is an exciting new site which makes music theory more fun and engaging than ever before with pop songs and daily ear training challenges. Learn more.
Play the most popular chord progressions by ear with "3-Chord Songs and the 4-Chord Trick"
There is one concept which can unlock the ability to play by ear and accelerate your progress more than any other: the 1, 4, 5 progression. Learn all about it.
Open Your Ears with an MPR Coffee Break
It’s no secret that I love The Current, one of Minnesota Public Radio (MPR)’s flagship stations. I wrote something of a love-letter blog post in support of their fund-raising drive last year, and I’m a proud supporter of the station – despite...
Melodic Dictation for the rest of us
Working out tunes by ear (“melodic dictation”) doesn’t need to be difficult or scary. These tips will help you conquer your fears and master melodic dictation.
How to Learn Intervals
Interval ear training builds your relative pitch, one of the core skills of musicianship. There are three main approaches to how to learn intervals.
Playing by Ear, with Brad Mavin: The Cycle of Keys
Playing by ear is one of the core musical abilities which ear training can unlock, and Brad Mavin knows how to teach it in a practical, relatable way.
